Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version When there were no watery depths, I was given birth, when there were no springs overflowing with water; New Living Translation I was born before the oceans were created, before the springs bubbled forth their waters. English Standard Version When there were no depths I was brought forth, when there were no springs abounding with water. Berean Standard Bible When there were no watery depths, I was brought forth, when no springs were overflowing with water. King James Bible When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water. New King James Version When there were no depths I was brought forth, When there were no fountains abounding with water. New American Standard Bible “When there were no ocean depths, I was born, When there were no springs abounding with water. NASB 1995 “When there were no depths I was brought forth, When there were no springs abounding with water. NASB 1977 “When there were no depths I was brought forth, When there were no springs abounding with water. Legacy Standard Bible When there were no depths I was brought forth, When there were no springs heavy with water. Amplified Bible “When there were no ocean depths I was born, When there were no fountains and springs overflowing with water. Christian Standard Bible I was born when there were no watery depths and no springs filled with water. Holman Christian Standard Bible I was born when there were no watery depths and no springs filled with water. American Standard Version When there were no depths, I was brought forth, When there were no fountains abounding with water. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Before the depths would be, I was born, and before there would be waters in the springs. Brenton Septuagint Translation even before he made the depths; before the fountains of water came forth: Contemporary English Version When I was born, there were no oceans or springs of water. Douay-Rheims Bible The depths were not as yet, and I was already conceived. neither had the fountains of waters as yet sprung out: English Revised Version When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water. GOD'S WORD® Translation I was born before there were oceans, before there were springs filled with water. Good News Translation I was born before the oceans, when there were no springs of water. International Standard Version When there were no ocean depths, I brought them to birth at a time when there were no springs. JPS Tanakh 1917 When there were no depths, I was brought forth; When there were no fountains abounding with water. Literal Standard Version In there being no depths, I was brought forth, | In there being no fountains heavy [with] waters, Majority Standard Bible When there were no watery depths, I was brought forth, when no springs were overflowing with water. New American Bible When there were no deeps I was brought forth, when there were no fountains or springs of water; NET Bible When there were no deep oceans I was born, when there were no springs overflowing with water; New Revised Standard Version When there were no depths I was brought forth, when there were no springs abounding with water. New Heart English Bible When there were no depths, I was brought forth, when there were no springs abounding with water. Webster's Bible Translation When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water. World English Bible When there were no depths, I was born, when there were no springs abounding with water. Young's Literal Translation In there being no depths, I was brought forth, In there being no fountains heavy with waters, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Excellence of Wisdom…23From everlasting I was established, from the beginning, before the earth began. 24When there were no watery depths, I was brought forth, when no springs were overflowing with water. 25Before the mountains were settled, before the hills, I was brought forth,… Cross References Genesis 1:2 Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. Exodus 15:5 The depths have covered them; they sank there like a stone. Job 38:16 Have you journeyed to the vents of the sea or walked in the trenches of the deep? Proverbs 3:20 By His knowledge the watery depths were broken open, and the clouds dripped with dew. Treasury of Scripture When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water. *I was Psalm 2:7 I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee. John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Jump to Previous Abounding Birth Deep Depths Flowing Forth Fountains Heavy Springs Water WatersJump to Next Abounding Birth Deep Depths Flowing Forth Fountains Heavy Springs Water WatersProverbs 8 1. the fame6. and evidence of wisdom 10. The excellence 12. the nature 15. the power 18. the riches 22. and the eternity of wisdom 32. Wisdom is to be desired for the blessedness it brings (24) I was brought forth.--i.e., born. The same word is used in Psalm 51:5 (7), and Job 15:7.Verse 24. - The preexistence of Wisdom is still more expressly set forth. When there were no depths (vers. 27, 28). The waste of waters which covered the face of the earth is meant - that great deep on which primeval darkness brooded (Genesis 1:2). Before even this, man's earliest conception of the beginning of the world, uncreated Wisdom was. Septuagint, "before he made the abysses" (see on Proverbs 3:20). I was brought forth; Vulgate, et ego jam concepta eram; Septuagint, at the end of ver. 25, γεννᾷ με, "he begetteth me." The verb here is חוּל (chul), which is used of the travailing of women, and is rightly translated, "brought forth by generation." It indicates in this place the energizing of Wisdom, her conception in the Divine mind, and her putting tbrth in operation. When there were no fountains abounding with water; i.e. springs in the interior of the earth (Genesis 7:11; comp. Job 22, 26, 38.). Septuagint,"Before the springs of the waters came forward (προελθεῖν)." Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew When there were noבְּאֵין־ (bə·’ên-) Preposition-b | Adverb Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle watery depths, תְּהֹמ֥וֹת (tə·hō·mō·wṯ) Noun - common plural Strong's 8415: An abyss, the deep I was brought forth, חוֹלָ֑לְתִּי (ḥō·w·lā·lə·tî) Verb - Pual - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 2342: To twist, whirl, to dance, to writhe in pain, fear, to wait, to pervert when no בְּאֵ֥ין (bə·’ên) Preposition-b | Adverb Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle springs מַ֝עְיָנ֗וֹת (ma‘·yā·nō·wṯ) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4599: A fountain, a source were overflowing נִכְבַּדֵּי־ (niḵ·bad·dê-) Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural construct Strong's 3513: To be heavy, weighty, or burdensome with water. מָֽיִם׃ (mā·yim) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen Links Proverbs 8:24 NIVProverbs 8:24 NLT Proverbs 8:24 ESV Proverbs 8:24 NASB Proverbs 8:24 KJV Proverbs 8:24 BibleApps.com Proverbs 8:24 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 8:24 Chinese Bible Proverbs 8:24 French Bible Proverbs 8:24 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 8:24 When there were no depths I was (Prov. 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